HomeMy WebLinkAbout2007-055-05/15/2007-AUTHORIZING AN INTERIM INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE FORT COLLINS REGIONAL LIBRARY DISTRIC RESOLUTION 2007-055
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AUTHORIZING AN INTERIM INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT
BETWEEN THE FORT COLLINS REGIONAL LIBRARY DISTRICT,
THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS AND LARIMER COUNTY
WHEREAS, on November 7,2006, the voters approved a citizen initiative to establish and
fund the Fort Collins Regional Library District(the"District")pursuant to Sections 24-90-101 to 606
of the Colorado Revised Statutes (the "Library Law"); and
WHEREAS,on November 21,2006,the Council adopted Resolution 2006-118 establishing
the District pursuant to Section 107(3)(g) of the Library Law and appointing two Councilmembers
to a committee to appoint the initial board of trustees of the District (the`Board"); and
WHEREAS, on March 6, 2007, pursuant to Section 108(1) of the Library Law, the City
Council and Board of County Commissioners for Larimer County ratified the initial appointments
to the Board; and
WHEREAS, Section 107(3)(h) of the Library Law requires the City, the County and the
District to enter into an intergovernmental agreement("IGA")within ninety days of the appointment
of the Board that "shall set forth fully the rights, obligations, and responsibilities, financial and
otherwise," of the City, the County and the District; and
WHEREAS, the Board has been meeting regularly and on May 2,2007,provided City staff
with a first draft of the IGA; however, City staff and the Board do not believe that the ninety day
period provided for in the Library Law will allow sufficient time to consider, negotiate and resolve
all the issues that must be considered in order to establish a successful, long term relationship
between the parties; and
WHEREAS, City staff and the Board are proposing entering into a simpler, short-term
"Interim IGA" under which the City would continue to operate its libraries for the remainder of
2007, with the costs of such operation to be reimbursed by the District up to a maximum total
amount of$3,851,153.00 for 2007; and
WHEREAS, additional terns and conditions of the Interim IGA include the following:
• the City will continue to operate its libraries as City facilities, as a contractor of the
District;
• the District will reimburse the City in an amount up to $445,353 for the costs
incurred in 2007 by other City departments,including Finance, Operation Services,
Human Resources and Management Information Services, in providing
administrative services associated with the operation of City libraries;
• the District will also pay for any additional services, personnel, materials or
equipment that it requests to expand or improve library services;
• the District will reimburse the City for the costs of operating the libraries,and related
administrative costs, for the first quarter of 2007, upon the parties' execution of the
Interim IGA; thereafter, the City will bill the District monthly for the previous
month's costs; and
WHEREAS,the City,County and District will continue to work towards having a long-term
IGA completed and in place on or before October 1,2007„ with the goal of turning over operation
and management of the City's libraries to the District on January I, 2008; and
WHEREAS, Section 29-1-203, C.R.S., authorizes governmental entities to cooperate and
contract with one another in order to provide any function, service, or facility lawfully permitted to
each if such a contract is properly authorized by each party thereto; and
WHEREAS,the Cityis authorized to enter into intergovernmental agreements to provide any
function, service or facility, pursuant to Article II, Section 16 of the Charter of the City of Fort
Collins and City Code Section 1-22.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS that the City Manager is hereby authorized to enter into the Interim IGA with the Fort
Collins Regional Library District for the purpose of providing continued City operation of the City's
libraries for the remainder of 2007,on the terms and conditions described above, and to make such
amendments or modifications to the Interim IGA as the City Manager may,in consultation with the
City Attorney, determine are necessary or appropriate to protect the interests of the City or to
advance the objectives set forth herein.
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting oVCci f the City of Fort Collins this I Sth
day of May, A.D. 2007.
Mayo
ATTEST:
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City Clerk